Saeed Teebi + Vance Wright (On Edge Reading Series: Fall 2024)

Saeed Teebi + Vance Wright
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 5:30PM PT
in the Aboriginal Gathering Place
Livestream link: Register for the Zoom Room here

Saeed Teebi is a writer and lawyer based in Toronto. His debut collection of short stories, Her First Palestinian, was a finalist for several awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. The title story “Her First Palestinian” was shortlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize. He is currently at work on two projects, a book of non-fiction entitled You Will Not Kill Our Imagination, and a debut novel. For more information about Saeed: Saeed’s X

Vance Wright is a reconnecting two-spirit member of the Tl’azt’en Nation, and was raised on the unceded territories of the Sinixt Nation in what is colonially known as Nelson BC. Currently residing in the occupied and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in Vancouver, they are a writer, and emerging artist & curator. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University, with a major in Critical and Cultural Practices and a minor is Curatorial Studies.

All readings are FREE and open to the public. ASL interpretation is provided.

The Writing Centre presents the On Edge Reading Series, which seeks to enrich literary and writing communities both inside and outside of the Emily Carr University community.

The series showcases the work of writers who are doing the freshest, most interesting, and relevant work, writers who are also artists, volunteers, literary award winners, social justice organizers, prison abolitionists, literary organizers, dancers, managing editors, filmmakers, creative writing instructors, and scholars. The On Edge programming serves to enrich literary and writing communities both inside and outside of ECUAD. The series is support by the Emily Carr Writing Centre with grateful acknowledgement to the Canada Council for the Arts and the Coast Salish First Nations whose traditional lands we are on.

This series is organized and hosted by Mercedes Eng and currently assisted by Joanna.
Logo and posters by Sandy.